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The Airfix Farewell GB from now until 1st Jan 2007

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Posted by osher on Saturday, September 2, 2006 6:32 PM
 michel.vrtg wrote:
Hi, all!  Reading this topic, I think, that the badge is important, it must bring some hope ; due to its small size, it must be simple, so just an Airfix logo, with "Good Bye" as text.Michel

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

Of course, I expect Airfix to come back, radically changed...
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 2, 2006 7:32 AM

Hi, all!

Reading this topic, I think, that the badge is important, it must bring some hope ; due to its small size, it must be simple, so just an Airfix logo, with "Good Bye" as text.

Michel

 

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Posted by Brews on Saturday, September 2, 2006 4:08 AM
I'll be in with a 1:32 (54mm) 2nd Foot Guards (Coldstream Guards) 1815.
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Posted by sidure on Saturday, September 2, 2006 2:27 AM

Hey Osher,

I am in with the 1/72 Vampire and possibly a figure also. I have a lot of the old 54mm figures and would like to build the French Cuirassier or the Polish Lancer. What to do what to do??????. By the way has anyone seen or know where you can get the 54mm individual figures that have not been around in ages. I cant find them anywhere?. On the rules of the GB, for the Vampire I would like to use AM Decals I have for the Irish Air Corp. The Vampire was for my collection of Air Corps aircraft so is that allowed for the build.

Steve.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 1, 2006 4:54 PM
it was supposed to be resized. well, i cant make it smaller
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 1, 2006 4:42 PM

the badge:

 

and if its too big:

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Posted by DanCooper on Friday, September 1, 2006 12:20 PM
Well, since I'm trying to get an E-Boat GB off the ground (changed the name to Kriegsmariene GB), that means I'm going to be building the Airfix 1/71 E-Boat anyway, so, I guess, you can count me in on this one if it's ok to put in a dio...

On the bench : Revell's 1/125 RV Calypso

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Posted by razordws on Friday, September 1, 2006 10:49 AM
I'd like to get in on this and since you are allowing combined builds I'll start with a 1/72 Meteor mkIII (I can build jets too Jay Big Smile [:D]Wink [;)]) that I am planning on doing for the first jets GB.  If time permits I may add a second build.

Dave

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 1, 2006 9:31 AM
and maybe do something better for the badge (not offense, rudy)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 1, 2006 9:23 AM
will enter with a 1/48 sea harrier, for airfixSad [:(]
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Posted by jboutin on Friday, September 1, 2006 9:21 AM

Hi Osher, good idea for a GB! 

I have two Airfix kits currently in the stash, a 1:72 Bf-110c/d  which I would like to build for the BoB06 GB but I also have a 1:72 Tornado Gr4. Shock [:O]

WWHHAATT you say, a jetConfused [%-)]Big Smile [:D]

I normally don't do jets but it was given to me by my nephew and I havne't done a jet in so long I thought, what the hey, I'll build it anyway!  If time permits, I would like to build the Tornado.   I have been very short on time lately but I can at least give it a go.

JAY - fighting evil since 2:15pm, July 8,1976 -
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Posted by JoeRugby on Friday, September 1, 2006 8:25 AM
I am in with an F86...will do it up in SAAF markings (camo scheme too!)
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jwb
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Posted by jwb on Friday, September 1, 2006 8:14 AM
 I'll join- tip of the hat to Airfix.

Can't decide between  a Hurricane Mk. I, which seems to be more of the traditional Airfix kit, or one of the newer ones, like the Spitfire 22.

Either way- count me in! I'm ordering one or the other today.

Or both? Hmmmm.......

Jon Bius

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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~ Jeremiah 29:11

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Posted by osher on Friday, September 1, 2006 2:13 AM

 yardbird78 wrote:
I'm in with a 1/72 IL-28 Beagle.  Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

Welcome on board!  I'm curious to know what that kits like, never even attempted it.  Cool!

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Posted by osher on Friday, September 1, 2006 2:11 AM

Hi Rudy,

Could you make the badge a wee bit smaller, and with the text Airfix Farewell GB, no need for numbers.

As for me, I'm in with a MiG-15, 1/72, kit no. 00017.  Why this kit?  Well, at first I thought of my part builds, a Lancaster, and a Mig-21.  Both of them (from 1979 and 1981 respectively) are from the end of the Golden Age.  However, I wanted something new.  A Short Sunderland?  A favourite of mine, but I want to throw tons of AM at it, and it's going to be rare soon.  So, something else....hmmm....,the skeleton?  Maybe, but not this time.  The re-issue Mk.1 Spit?  Maybe, as a second build.  The Williams F1?  Oh no no no, this represents a real low in Airfix, with a overly basic kit, and possibly the worst decals (in terms of colour and fit) to ever 'grace' an Airfix kit.  Even Airfix admitted to me that they couldn't get the decals to fit!  The kits were bought in from Heller by Airfix, as an attempt to appeal to a younger audience.

So, there it was, the Mig-15.  It's an early Airfix kit, and represents both the high and low of Airfix.  For it's time it would have been a wonderful, interesting kit of a contempory enemy aircraft.  However, sadly, it's still (until yesterday, anyway) being sold, now being marketed as a kit for kids, with brush and some naff paints.  The moulds on this are worn, even on my 8 year old example, so that the numbers are sometimes just blurs.  The fit is awful, the details either non-existant, or clumsy, and interior is just a seat and pilot, not even a control column!  Just 31 parts, so, aside from getting it to fit, should be a quick build.  From a wonderful kit of it's time, to a worn out kit, needing retirement.

I think I'm going all sentimental and ga-ga!

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Posted by yardbird78 on Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:18 PM

I'm in with a 1/72 IL-28 Beagle.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

 ,,

The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Posted by rudy_102 on Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:07 PM

Alrighty, badge:

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Posted by osher on Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:02 PM
 rudy_102 wrote:
I'm in with my just finished 1/72 scale Chipmunk (it's 26 firggin' pieces!!!!). I might get something more, and I'll try a badge.


Thanks Rudy, and welcome aboard!
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Posted by rudy_102 on Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:00 PM

I'm in with my just finished 1/72 scale Chipmunk (it's 26 firggin' pieces!!!!). I might get something more, and I'll try a badge.

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The Airfix Farewell GB from now until 1st Jan 2007
Posted by osher on Thursday, August 31, 2006 5:56 PM

Today, 31st August, Airfix closed it's door, maybe for the last time, maybe not.  In honour of this early pioneer of modelling, I am setting up this GB.  Any kit marketed under the Airfix name (including Arii, Trumpeter, etc kit that Airfix sold under their name), from trains, figures, space, aircraft, birds, sci-fi, buildings, cars, tanks, to just about anything else that takes your imagination.

Badge to follow (anyone able to help here?)

Rules:
1. Must be sold as an Airfix kit
2. Standard OOB rules apply
3. Can be combined with any other GB
4. Kit can be already started
5. Any kit, any scale
6. Make it a celebration of the wonderful Airfix company!
7. If possible, a scan of the box art


Here's the GB badge

  • osher ~ 1/72 Mig-15 ~ Finished and displayed
  • rudy_102 ~ 1/72 F-111E and a 1/72 DH Chipmunk.
  • yardbird78 ~ 1/72 Il-28 Beagle ~ transferred to the Welcome Back GB
  • jwb ~ 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX ~ Finished and displayed
  • Joe Rugby ~ 1/72 DH Vampire
  • jboutin ~ 1/72 Tornado GR.4
  • Sturkumpf ~ 1/48 HS Sea Harrier
  • razordws ~ 1/72 Gloster Meteor III ~ Finished and displayed
  • Dan Cooper ~ 1/72 E-Boat
  • Sidure ~ 1/72 DH Vampire ~ Finished and displayed
  • Brews ~ 1/32  2nd Foot (Coldstream) Guards 1815 ~ Finished and displayed
  • Brews ~ 1/76 Type III Stug III ~ Finished and displayed
  • KJ200 ~ 1/72 FW-190D ~ Finished and displayed
  • Thunderbolt 379 ~ 1/72 Avro Vulcan ~ Transferd to the Welcome Back GB
  • Sirdrake ~ 1/72 Avro 504k ~ Finished and displayed
  • DURR ~ 1/72 DH Chipmunk (x3) ~ Finished and displayed
  • traveller ~ 1/72 Avro Vulcan ~ Finished and displayed
  • jeff ~ 1/72 Boeing E-3D Sentry ~ Finished and displayed
  • mikeb206 ~ 1/72 CA-13 Boomerang ~ Finished and displayed
  • Pruz ~ 1/48 Tornado GR.4 (617 Sq.) ~ Finished and displayed
  • Mr.Chex ~ 1/48 HS Harrier GR.3
  • viper_mp ~ 1/72 Hawker Siddeley Hawk
  • Duke Maddog ~ 1/72 O-1E/F Bird Dog ~ Finished and displayed
  • gregors ~ 1/72 Hawker Hunter FGA.9
  • jeaton01 ~ 1/72 Westland Whirlwind ~ Finished and displayed
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